Tony Hawk Crossbone Lien Air 1986 Del Mar Skate Ranch Size:24x36" I was pretty much living

I was pretty much living the skate dream back then

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I shot this photo of Steve Caballero at the Del Mar Skate Ranch in the mid-1980s during a pro contest

in the full pipe at Upland's Pipeline Skatepark in the late 1980s

Natas was setting street skating on a new direction and this sequence was just another example of that

Tony Hawk Crossbone Lien Air 1986 Del Mar Skate Ranch Size:24x36" I was pretty much livingI shot most of my 80s skate photos of my friends (like Tony Hawk) and the hottest skateboarders of the day. Thousands of rolls of film ran through my Nikon and I honed my photo skills daily at the Del Mar Skate Ranch where I worked at the snack bar selling Cokes and Twinkies during the day and sleeping on the pool table at night. I was pretty much living the skate dream back then. This photo from 1986 was shot in the keyhole pool at DMSR and by the